• Council owned housing

    A breakdown of vacant council-owned housing within the local authority area in the financial years 2016-17 and 2017-18, including; The postcode of said properties, and; The actual or estimated values of said properties. Devon County Council is not responsible for … Continue reading

  • PSPO Use for Homelessness

    Request: “Does the council have a Public Space Protection Order (PSPO), created under the 2014 Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act, which includes a ban on rough sleeping and/or “persistent” and/or “aggressive begging (or similar terms) in its territory? If … Continue reading

  • Discretionary Non-Domestic Rates Relief

    Request:  “I’m writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act to request information on the distribution of discretionary rates relief (AKA local discretionary relief scheme, NDRR and Revaluation relief Scheme). To clarify, this relates to the council’s share of … Continue reading

  • Homelessness and Housing

    Request: “I would like information about the numbers of homeless households being moved both out of and into the local authority area and where they are being moved to and from. I am aware from your reporting requirements to central … Continue reading

  • Homelessness Deaths and Prevention

    Request: “I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. In order to assist you with this request, I am outlining my query as specifically as possible. For each year: 2009/10, 2010/11, 2011/12, 2012/13, 2014/14, 2014/15, … Continue reading

  • Avoidable Deaths in Care Homes

    A list of all known avoidable or preventable deaths in care and nursing homes for older people from January 1st 2013 to December 31st 2017, inclusive. Please provide all details known, including:   names and age of the deceased,  name … Continue reading

  • Public Health funerals

    I would like to request the following information for public health funerals (for 1 March 2017 to the present)  Name and contact details of the departments/council officers who are notified of public health funerals.   Name of the deceased  Date … Continue reading

  • Unclaimed business rate credit balances

    I would like to obtain recent information, from the Council, relating to unclaimed business rate credit balances. Please also indicate when requested information (spreadsheet or website) has been updated. I am aware that all Billing Authorities hold on account sums … Continue reading

  • Second Home owners, Council Tax

    I would like to know how much revenue is being lost to Devon Councils due to Second Home owners not paying Council Tax to their Second Home local authority.  Our local council tax rates are high and getting higher every … Continue reading

  • Homelessness Deaths

    Please detail how many verified rough sleepers have died in the council’s territory in the last 5 calendar years (2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017). Provide a figure for each calendar year, and break down each instance by age, date, gender, … Continue reading